TEXT B. ANN'S ACADEMY

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 389.

Hello again! Now let me tell you about my Polytechnical Academy. I am really glad that I study here. It is one of the finest country's higher educational institutions. Many famous people have graduated from my Academy, and not only engineers or scientists, but many outstanding writers, actors, showmen and politicians. Studying at our Academy gives a solid background in all spheres of knowledge and prepares for practical work.

Our Academy is quite large and old. It was founded in the 19^th century by the famous Russian inventor Vladimir Komarov. First, it was a small department of a large University, but later it was rearranged into an independent institution. Nowadays it is a large school where more than 5,000 students arecurrently enrolled. About 3,000 are full-time students, like me, and the restare part time-students. There are also about150 graduate students. Theyconduct independent research work and have pedagogical practice.

Thecourse of study at my academy lasts five years. There are many faculties in my academy. Here are some of them: the faculty ofindustrial automation androbotics, the facultyof plastics, the facultyof machine toolsand the facultyof metalworking.

Our academy is large and we have several buildings. One of the buildings is for lectures and seminars only. There are many large halls there so that students of 3-4 groups together can fit in there. And that is more than 100 people. The acoustics [ə'kuːstɪks] in such large halls is very good but sometimes it is verynoisy when students chat during the lecture.

We have two laboratory buildings which are equipped with up-to-date equipment and there students can carry on lab works and conduct various experiments. Many students from my group do their own research work.

There are several cafes at the academy. My favourite one is situated in a separateone-storeyed building and people say that this is the oldest canteen or student's cafe. The food there is tasty and veryaffordable.

There are also several dormitories or hostel buildings where students from other cities live. But you know already that I don't live in a dormitory – I rent an apartment.